''Flaveria linearis'', known as narrowleaf yellowtops, is a North American plant species of '' Flaveria'' within the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It is native to Florida, Cuba, Bahamas, and the

Yucatán Peninsula The Yucatán Peninsula (, also , ; es, Península de Yucatán ) is a large peninsula in southeastern Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north ...

of Mexico.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
/ref> ''Flaveria linearis'' is a perennial herb up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to long. One plant can produce sometimes as many as 150 small flower heads in a branching array. Each head contains 2-8 yellow disc flowers and sometimes a single yellow ray flower.Flora of North America, ''Flaveria linearis'' Lagasca, 1816. Narrowleaf yellowtops
/ref>Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 615-618
description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 616

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected near Palm Beach, Florida in 1895, isotype of ''Flaveria linearis'' var. ''latifolia''
linearis Flora of Florida Flora of Cuba Flora of the Bahamas Flora of Yucatán Plants described in 1816 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Asteroideae-stub